Cock and Pye, Ipswich explained

Cock and Pye
Established:	Before 1689
Street-Address:	13 Upper Brook StreetIpswich
City:	Ipswich
County:	Suffolk
State:	England
Postcode:	IP4 1EG
Coordinates:	52.0572°N 1.1565°W
Website:	https://www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/suffolk/cock-pye/

The Cock and Pye is public house in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It is located in Upper Brook Street. It was included in the 1689 list of pubs in Ipswich, where it was stated to be in St Margarets Parish, Ipswich.^[1] The pub was formerly a large coaching inn, but by the late nineteenth century, was much smaller.^[1]

As the name might suggest, the pub was setting for frequent cockfights and traditionally had a distinctive pub sign featuring a large pie upon which a cock was perched.^[1] When Cock fighting was banned in 1835 with the Cruelty to Animals Act 1835, a Mr Birch, the proprietor at the time endeavoured to sell the premises.^[2]

Signage

The modern sign reproduces a design discussed by Charles Harold Evelyn-White in 1886:

Notes and References

1. Evelyn-White . Charles Harold . The Old Inns and Taverns of Ipswich . Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & History . 1886 . VI . Part 2 . 137–183 .
2. Web site: Ipswich Cock & Pye . Suffolk Pubs Guide . Suffolk CAMRA . 26 October 2021.